The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-14
snEKmAN AND MeKINLEx.


This following from Harper's Weekly
Of this week In "Ietter from an Ohio
Republican as old and devoted as Sena'
tor Sherman or Major Mckinley" dis
cnsses the speeches Of these gentlemen
at East Liverpool in which they made q
great splurga on the race incidents
the Dag business and Civil Service
Reform. AZ to the negro vote this Ohio
Republican says:
It 10 equally true that the higher law
OF self preservation will not permit this
ballot 20 be so used as to endanger CIVIL
iEatIon. The conflict is fiagrant, and
for the time being the constitution
yields to the higher law. But this ia
only q transitional state. Time Will
cure IL. Gradually the negro is bec0m-
ing more inteIligent; gradually the
white vote diVidee and slliCits the black
vOte-notably on the liquor Issue. Ou
these lines therace question Is satisfac-
torily settling itself. Outside interfer-
enCe only delays, embRrrRsSes. Mean
while the negro Is doing Well--doing
better than the white labOHer OF North
ern cities. The hue and cry on this
subject in the interests OF the black
race is unwise; In the interest OF the
nstion, unpatriotlc. Can the Republi-
can party ford 10 stand In the way Of
national harmonyp
Then as to the flag business:
Does this excuse, much less justify, .
derce outbuTst Of sectional hate, espec1-
4lly when the South Is innocent OF ell
initiative in this mstteTp Does 1t call
FOR the Haunting Of the trophies Of con
QuesI2 The law Of Rome that prohibit
I'd trIumphs to VictOrs IN civil conflicts
Ia founded on principles Of sound state
nanship. Is II nee s5Bry for the life oi
the Republican party to keep alive SEQ
.ional resentments? The glCry OF the
Republican party is that 1t saved the
Union; when It stands In the way Of
thAt Union, its glory has departed, II mas
outIiVed its usefulness. Pause, Senator
Sherman; pause, Governor Foraker.
And then In the matter Of civil ser
vice reform, which was denounced by
sherman and Mckinley as Democratic
lham, Gays this Ohio Republican:
In the matter Of reform OF the civil
service Ohio is behind her sister States
If like intelligence. Our city BOard Of
Public Affairs Ia wholly Republican, ap
pointed by Governor Foraker. They
ave not promptly removed all the
Democratic employees and laboreTs
fOr this recreancy they are fieTCely de-
lonnced by the Republican Commercial
iaz stte and all the Republican CLUBS.
The majority yield. Messrs. Smith and
Lewis alone assert their manhood. wr.
doore, the intelligent superintendent
fthe water works, asks the board, Shall
[rem0ve an oficeE whose long expert
nee and skill are Indispensable ?"
Turn him out and put In q Republi
an" is ths brutal reply Of General Tom
Young of the board, and late Governor
4 Ohio. The excuse is that the Demo
rats do the same thing. But II the r 7.
,nblicRn party 10 not to do better. what
the the use Of Its existance. Now, II
Sberman's candidacy for the Presidency
to rest on the platform thus indicaE
,d--a platform sectional and sel6sh-
md II this Is to be supplemented by 9
,olicy of high taxation on the necessar.
o. Of life, liberal expenditure, and free
whisky, what motive Is there for an
'riginal Republican to sUppisnt CleVe'
land2" E